# Accident 19790205012719A: Piper PA23250, Miami, FL, February 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1979, 23:54 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Tamiami
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7503° N, 80.3742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tamiami Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7503&lon=-80.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6608Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6608Y-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790205012719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIRE IN ENGINE AFTER TAKEOFF. WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A DESCENDING TURN UNTIL GROUND CONTACT. FOUND LOOSE OIL LINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA047), Feb 5, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N6608Y), Miami, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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